Marie Antoinette: The Journey

[Jolie_Ijaz]

I had often read about Antonia Fraser’s excellent credibility as an author and historian. After reading my first Fraser book, Marie Antoinette: The Journey, I was moved by the infamous Queen’s story amplified by Fraser’s outstanding writing skills. My favorite lines in the book, which I think sum up Antoinette’s life, are:

Having looked without passion at the extraordinary journey that was her life, one is drawn to the conclusion that her weaknesses, although manifest, were of trivial worth in the balance of misfortune.

The same idea in Antoinette’s own words:

Oh my God, if we have committed faults, we have certainly expiated them.

It is a moving story, definitely worth the read.

[Zannie]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[devotedbookwormA++]

That sounds like a wonderful book

[tltfaas]

I read and enjoyed this book years ago. It just made me sad for Marie Antoinette and her husband, the King. She was sold into a loveless marriage, had a handicapped son and make some relatively small mistakes that made people hate her. She just couldn't win.

Bonnie